Joe Nickell’s article “Voodoo in New Orleans” described a history of Voodoo and its origins. Nickell explained how Voodoo originates from Haitian folk beliefs and contains various rituals and religious beliefs of Africans. He wrote about how a part of Voodoo is worshiping “supernatural entities” (Nickells 15) also known as loa. He also explained that Voodoo was spread to New Orleans after the Haitian Slave Revolt when there was a significant increase of Haitian people immigrating to the states.
After he described its history, Nickell wrote extensively about one of the most influential people in Voodoo history: Marie Laveau. Marie Laveau had a mysterious birth, and the exact age at which she died is unknown. Marie Laveau’s parents were a wealthy plantation owner, Charles Laveaux, and a Haitian mistress, and the exact year of her birth is debatable, but it …show more content…
The stories of people who have encountered Marie Laveau insist that what she did was a legitimate fortune teller and her Voodoo tricks worked. There are those who argue that it would not be incredibly hard figure a person out once they have spilled all their secrets to their hairdresser. Marie Laveau had her ways of acquiring the information that she needed through hairdressing and blackmail. There is also no definite proof that Marie Laveau had any involvement in the cases where the charges against criminals were drops or acquitted.
There are claims that there is a Marie II, due to the fact that there are people who insist that they had encounters with Marie Laveau in 1919, after her believed death. Nickell wrote about how there are probably descendants of Marie Laveau who continue the Voodoo trade. Finally, Nickell wrote about the status of voodoo today, and he discussed how Voodoo is just not the same as it was during the days of Marie Laveau. Voodoo has become more of a tourist attraction in New Orleans than an actual
After he described its history, Nickell wrote extensively about one of the most influential people in Voodoo history: Marie Laveau. Marie Laveau had a mysterious birth, and the exact age at which she died is unknown. Marie Laveau’s parents were a wealthy plantation owner, Charles Laveaux, and a Haitian mistress, and the exact year of her birth is debatable, but it …show more content…
The stories of people who have encountered Marie Laveau insist that what she did was a legitimate fortune teller and her Voodoo tricks worked. There are those who argue that it would not be incredibly hard figure a person out once they have spilled all their secrets to their hairdresser. Marie Laveau had her ways of acquiring the information that she needed through hairdressing and blackmail. There is also no definite proof that Marie Laveau had any involvement in the cases where the charges against criminals were drops or acquitted.
There are claims that there is a Marie II, due to the fact that there are people who insist that they had encounters with Marie Laveau in 1919, after her believed death. Nickell wrote about how there are probably descendants of Marie Laveau who continue the Voodoo trade. Finally, Nickell wrote about the status of voodoo today, and he discussed how Voodoo is just not the same as it was during the days of Marie Laveau. Voodoo has become more of a tourist attraction in New Orleans than an actual